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From: pasek@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Michael A. Pasek)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: Forced to use TRON
Summary: What's so bad about that ?
Keywords: TRON, Japan
Message-ID: <1477@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Date: 28 Aug 89 14:56:45 GMT
Expires: 4 Sep 89 04:00:00 GMT
References: <34263@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: pasek@c10sd3.StPaul.NCR.COM (M. A. Pasek)
Followup-To: comp.os.misc
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Organization: NCR Comten, Inc.
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In article <34263@apple.Apple.COM> malcolm@Apple.COM (Malcolm Slaney) writes:
>From the Monday August 7 issue of Electronic News
>NTT: Suppliers Must Use Tron Operating System
>[Trade barrier discussion deleted]

What's so different about this ?  The U.S. Government, in its procurement of
computer systems, often specifies that UNIX (which, unlike TRON, requires
licensing) or particular IBM-subsystem (which is proprietary) software must be
provided.  Who's establishing trade barriers ?!?

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